Published: 12:30, June 7, 2024 | Updated: 14:40, June 7, 2024
Fighting for future
By China Daily and Xinhua
An examinee shakes hands with his teacher before entering a national college entrance examination site in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA) 

China's annual national college entrance examination, known as the Gaokao, started on Friday. 

To ensure a smooth and fair examination, the Chinese government and the whole society have shown great determination to implement a series of measures. Police vehicles on street patrol make a point of assisting gaokao examinees in case of traffic congestion and other emergencies that may prevent them from taking the exam.

Meanwhile, intelligent inspection systems are used to monitor exam venues in the province, where radio signal shielding equipment is also used to prevent cheating. Buses have been also ordered to take detours and construction operations have been halted in some cities to avoid noise during the four-day exam period.

An examinee waves to his family at a national college entrance examination site in Tianjin, North China, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Examinees clap hands with their teachers before entering a national college entrance examination site in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
An examinee hugs his teacher before entering a national college entrance examination site in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
A student waves to her parents while entering the exam venue at the Chaoyang Campus of High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2024. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)
Students cheer for examinees who are about to take the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2024. (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY)
Police officers direct the traffic and maintain the order during the national college entrance examination in Fuzhou, Fujian province, on June 7 ,2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
A physically disabled examinee in a wheelchair is pushed to a national college entrance examination site by his parent and a police officer in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, on June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
An examinee hugs her teacher before entering a national college entrance examination site in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
A police officer places a sticker, which reads "caring escort car", on his motorcycle to help take students to the national college entrance examination sites, in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
An examinee hugs her teacher before entering a national college entrance examination site in Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
A teacher cheers for students who take the national college entrance examination in Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Teachers encourage their students who are about to take the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2024. (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY)
An examinee hugs her parent before entering a national college entrance examination site in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
A girl kisses her mother before the start of her national college entrance examination, or gaokao, at the Chaoyang Campus of High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2024.
Teachers encourage their students who are about to take the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2024. (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY)
Police officers maintain the order outside anational college entrance examination site in Fuzhou, Fujian province, on June 7 ,2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Examinees have their identity cards checked before entering a national college entrance examination site in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
A staff member checks the admission ticket of a student at the Chaoyang Campus of High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2024. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)
An examinee does revision outside a national college entrance examination site in Tianjin, North China, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
A student reviews exam materials before entering her exam venue at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2024. (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY)
A mother encourages her daughter before the start of her national college entrance examination, or gaokao, at the Chaoyang Campus of High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2024. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)
Students pose for a photo at a bus station near Yuncheng Middle School, Yuncheng, Shanxi province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO BY YAN XIN / FOR CHINADAILY.COM.CN)
Examinees enter a national college entrance examination site in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
A student walks with his mother to the exam venue at the Chaoyang Campus of High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2024. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)
Examinees have security check before entering a national college entrance examination site in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
An examinee is accompanied by her parents before entering a national college entrance examination site in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
Parents wait expectantly outside the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2024. (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY)
Students walk out of the exam venues at Yuncheng Middle School, Yuncheng, Shanxi province, June 7, 2024. (PHOTO BY YAN XIN / FOR CHINADAILY.COM.CN)